Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 32:7–8

⁷Remember the days of old;

consider the years long past.

Ask your father, and he will tell you,

your elders, and they will inform you.

⁸When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance,

when He divided the sons of man,

He set the boundaries of the peoples

according to the number of the sons of God.^b

Footnotes

b 32:8 DSS; LXX according to the number of the angels of God; MT according to the number of the sons of Israel

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Remember	זְכֹר֙	zə·ḵōr	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H2142 remember
the days	יְמ֣וֹת	yə·mō·wṯ	Noun - masculine plural construct	H3117 day
of old	עוֹלָ֔ם	‘ō·w·lām	Noun - masculine singular	H5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity
consider	בִּ֖ינוּ	bî·nū	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H995 discern
the years	שְׁנ֣וֹת	šə·nō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H8141 year
long	דּוֹר־	dō·wr-	Noun - masculine singular	H1755 period, generation, dwelling
past	וָד֑וֹר	wā·ḏō·wr	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H1755 period, generation, dwelling
Ask	שְׁאַ֤ל	šə·’al	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H7592 ask, inquire
your father	אָבִ֙יךָ֙	’ā·ḇî·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H1 father
and he will tell you	וְיַגֵּ֔דְךָ	wə·yag·gê·ḏə·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular; second person masculine singular	H5046 be conspicuous
your elders	זְקֵנֶ֖יךָ	zə·qê·ne·ḵā	Adjective - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H2205 old
and they will inform	וְיֹ֥אמְרוּ	wə·yō·mə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
you	לָֽךְ׃	lāḵ	Preposition; second person masculine singular

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When the Most High	עֶלְיוֹן֙	‘el·yō·wn	Adjective - masculine singular	H5945 high
gave the nations	גּוֹיִ֔ם	gō·w·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H1471 nation, people
their inheritance	בְּהַנְחֵ֤ל	bə·han·ḥêl	Preposition-b; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H5157 get or take as a possession
when He divided	בְּהַפְרִיד֖וֹ	bə·hap̄·rî·ḏōw	Preposition-b; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct; third person masculine singular	H6504 divide
the sons	בְּנֵ֣י	bə·nê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
of man	אָדָ֑ם	’ā·ḏām	Noun - masculine singular	H120 man, mankind
He set	יַצֵּב֙	yaṣ·ṣêḇ	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular	H5324 take one's stand, stand
the boundaries	גְּבֻלֹ֣ת	gə·ḇu·lōṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H1367 border, boundary
of the peoples	עַמִּ֔ים	‘am·mîm	Noun - masculine plural	H5971 people
according to the number	לְמִסְפַּ֖ר	lə·mis·par	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H4557 number, tale
of the sons	בְּנֵ֥י	bə·nê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
of God	יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Deuteronomy 32:7 Psalm 78:3–4 · Job 8:8–10 · Psalm 44:1 · Isaiah 46:9 · Psalm 77:5–6 · Deuteronomy 4:32 · Exodus 13:14 · Isaiah 63:11 · Judges 6:13 · Psalm 77:11–12 · Psalm 119:52 · Psalm 77:8

Deuteronomy 32:8 Acts 17:26 · Genesis 11:8–9 · Daniel 4:17 · Psalm 115:16 · Genesis 15:18–21 · Genesis 10:25 · Psalm 91:1 · Genesis 10:15 · Psalm 92:8

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.